You alone are responsible for the content you store or share, and use content at your own risk
All Content, whether posted publicly or sent privately through the Service, is the sole responsibility of the person it came from. That means you, not Apple, are solely responsible for any Content you upload, download, post, email, transmit or store through the Service. You may encounter Content you find offensive and may expose others to Content they find objectionable. Apple does not control Content posted through the Service and does not guarantee its accuracy, integrity or quality, and your use of the Service and any Content is at your own risk.
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You understand that all Content, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted on the Service is the sole responsibility of the person from whom such Content originated. This means that you, and not Apple, are solely responsible for any Content you upload, download, post, email, transmit, store or otherwise make available through your use of the Service.
Apple does not control the Content posted via the Service, nor does it guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content. You understand and agree that your use of the Service and any Content is solely at your own risk.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
You may not use iCloud for unlawful or objectionable content, IP infringement or leaking confidential information
You agree not to use the Service to upload, store, share or otherwise make available Content that is unlawful, harassing, threatening, defamatory, obscene, invasive of another's privacy, hateful or otherwise objectionable. You also may not infringe copyrights or other intellectual property, including uploading Content you have no right to upload, or disclose trade secrets or confidential information in breach of a confidentiality, employment or nondisclosure agreement.
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You agree that you will NOT use the Service to:
upload, download, post, email, transmit, store, share, import or otherwise make available any Content that is unlawful, harassing, threatening, harmful, tortious, defamatory, libelous, abusive, violent, obscene, vulgar, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive, or otherwise objectionable;
engage in any copyright infringement or other intellectual property infringement (including uploading any Content to which you do not have the right to upload), or disclose any trade secret or confidential information in violation of a confidentiality, employment, or nondisclosure agreement;
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Apple may screen, modify or remove content without notice, and has no duty to screen others' content
Apple says it uses proportionate systems, described in Section E, to swiftly remove access to illegal Content once it is alerted to or becomes aware of it. Except as the agreement expressly states or applicable law requires, Apple is not responsible to you for Content provided by others and has no duty to screen it. Apple may nonetheless decide at any time whether Content is legal, appropriate and compliant, and may screen, move, refuse, modify or remove Content without prior notice and in its sole discretion if it violates applicable law or this agreement or is otherwise objectionable.
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Apple uses proportionate systems and processes designed as described below in Section E to swiftly remove access to illegal Content upon being alerted to or becoming aware of illegal Content on the Service.
except as expressly described in this Agreement or as specifically required by applicable law, Apple is not responsible or liable to you in any way for any Content provided by others and has no duty to screen such Content.
However, Apple reserves the right at all times to determine whether Content is legal, appropriate and in compliance with this Agreement, and may screen, move, refuse, modify and/or remove Content at any time, without prior notice and in its sole discretion, if such Content is found to be in violation of applicable law, this Agreement or is otherwise objectionable.
Qualifications & exceptions
Removal applies to Content found to violate applicable law or this agreement, or that is otherwise objectionable; Apple's lack of liability is subject to express terms and applicable law.
Consistent with its privacy policy, Apple may remove content that is illegal, violating or harmful to children
This section repeats that Apple has no duty to screen others' Content except where the law specifically requires it. It adds that, consistent with Apple's privacy policy, Apple may at any time decide whether Content is legal, appropriate and compliant, and may screen, move, refuse, modify or remove it without prior notice and in its sole discretion if it is found to be illegal, in violation of this agreement, harmful to children or otherwise objectionable.
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You acknowledge that Apple is not responsible or liable in any way for any Content provided by others and has no duty to screen such Content except as specifically required under applicable law.
However, consistent with Apple's privacy policy, Apple reserves the right at all times to determine whether Content is legal, appropriate and in compliance with this Agreement, and may screen, move, refuse, modify and/or remove Content at any time, without prior notice and in its sole discretion, if such Content is found to be illegal, in violation of this Agreement, harmful to children or is otherwise objectionable.
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Apple's privacy policy is referenced but not supplied here.
Content & IP Rights · Procedure
Copyright complaints go to Apple's Copyright Agent; repeat infringers may lose their accounts
If you believe someone using the Service has infringed Content you hold copyright in, you can contact Apple's Copyright Agent as described in Apple's Copyright Policy. Apple may, in its sole discretion, suspend or terminate the accounts of users found to be repeat infringers.
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If you believe that any Content in which you claim copyright has been infringed by anyone using the Service, please contact Apple’s Copyright Agent as described in our Copyright Policy at https://www.apple.com/legal/trademark/claimsofcopyright.html.
Apple may, in its sole discretion, suspend and/or terminate Accounts of users that are found to be repeat infringers.
Content & IP Rights · User right or choice
You can report illegal or inappropriate content by email to abuse@iCloud.com
If you come across Content you find inappropriate, consider illegal or harmful to children, or believe violates this agreement, you can report it by emailing abuse@iCloud.com.
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If while using the Service, you encounter Content you find inappropriate, or consider to be illegal or harmful to children, or otherwise believe to be a violation of this Agreement, you may report it by sending an email to abuse@iCloud.com.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Content you share publicly or with others grants Apple a free worldwide license for that purpose
Apple does not claim ownership of Content you submit, except material Apple licenses to you. But when you submit or post Content to areas of the Service accessible to the public or to users you agree to share with, you give Apple a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform and display it on the Service, solely for the purpose for which you submitted it, without compensation. You also promise the Content is your responsibility, does not infringe others' rights or the law, and that you own it or have the rights to distribute it.
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Except for material we may license to you, Apple does not claim ownership of the materials and/or Content you submit or make available on the Service.
However, by submitting or posting such Content on areas of the Service that are accessible by the public or other users with whom you consent to share such Content, you grant Apple a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform and publicly display such Content on the Service solely for the purpose for which such Content was submitted or made available, without any compensation or obligation to you.
By submitting or posting such Content on areas of the Service that are accessible by the public or other users, you are representing that you are the owner of such material and/or have all necessary rights, licenses, and authorization to distribute it.
Qualifications & exceptions
The license covers Content in areas accessible to the public or to users you consent to share with, and is limited to use on the Service for the purpose the Content was submitted.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Apple may transmit and technically modify your content to deliver it across networks and devices
To provide the Service and make your Content available, Apple may send your Content across various public networks and media and change it to meet the technical requirements of connecting networks, devices or computers. You agree the license in this section allows this.
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You understand that in order to provide the Service and make your Content available thereon, Apple may transmit your Content across various public networks, in various media, and modify or change your Content to comply with technical requirements of connecting networks or devices or computers.
Qualifications & exceptions
Modification is for complying with technical requirements of connecting networks, devices or computers.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
You get no rights in Apple's trademarks and must not remove proprietary notices
Apple, iCloud and related logos and marks are Apple trademarks, and other marks used with the Service belong to their owners. You receive no right or license in any of them, and you agree not to remove, obscure or alter any trademark, copyright or other proprietary notices in the Service.
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You are granted no right or license in any of the aforesaid trademarks, and further agree that you shall not remove, obscure, or alter any proprietary notices (including trademark and copyright notices) that may be affixed to or contained within the Service.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Apple owns the Service and its software; use beyond what the agreement permits is prohibited
Apple and its licensors own all rights, title and interest in the Service, including its graphics, interface, scripts and any software provided with it (the Software), and all related intellectual property. The Service contains proprietary and confidential information, which you may use only to use the Service in line with this agreement, and no part of the Service may be reproduced except as these terms expressly allow. Using the Software or any part of the Service beyond what the agreement permits is strictly prohibited and may expose you to civil and criminal penalties, including damages for copyright infringement.
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You acknowledge and agree that Apple and/or its licensors own all legal right, title and interest in and to the Service, including but not limited to graphics, user interface, the scripts and software used to implement the Service, and any software provided to you as a part of and/or in connection with the Service (the “Software”), including any and all intellectual property rights that exist therein, whether registered or not, and wherever in the world they may exist.
You agree that you will not use such proprietary information or materials in any way whatsoever except for use of the Service in compliance with this Agreement. No portion of the Service may be reproduced in any form or by any means, except as expressly permitted in these terms.
THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR ANY PART OF THE SERVICE, EXCEPT FOR USE OF THE SERVICE AS PERMITTED IN THIS AGREEMENT, IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED AND INFRINGES ON THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF OTHERS AND MAY SUBJECT YOU TO CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES, INCLUDING POSSIBLE MONETARY DAMAGES, FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Apple may use any beta feedback you give for any purpose unless a separate written agreement says otherwise
As part of a beta program Apple gives you the chance to submit comments, suggestions or other feedback. Unless a separate written agreement says otherwise, Apple is free to use any feedback you provide for any purpose. Apple has no obligation to release a commercial version of a Beta Feature, and any commercial version may differ.
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You agree that in the absence of a separate written agreement to the contrary, Apple will be free to use any feedback you provide for any purpose.
You acknowledge that Apple has no obligation to provide a commercial version of the Beta Features, and that should such a commercial version be made available, it may have features or functionality different than that contained in the Beta Features.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies absent a separate written agreement to the contrary.